Inventory of Synagogue Objects and Donors (Fustāt, Egypt)

On the first day of the week, which is the eighth of the month of Tammuz, of the year 1391 [1080 CE] according to the system of counting which we are accustomed to using in Fustāt, Egypt, which is situated on the river Nile, we [ . . . ] assembled as a court in order to take account of what is in the [Jerusalemite] synagogue, under the control of the beadles, belonging to the Iraqi synagogue. [ . . . ]

Of which there are: five Torah scrolls, of which . . . , and the Haftarot on parchment, and a black and yellow siqlatun [fine silk] cloth, from the household of Sanā al-Dawla, on which is written: “Belonging to the synagogue of the Iraqis.” And a black-and-white siqlatun kerchief from Ḥ[alfon] . . . A green and dark blue kerchief from Abū ’l-Ḥusayn ibn Abū ’l-Bayān. An old black and white siqlatun kerchief . . . An old . . . and a fine white, fringed dabīqī [fine linen] kerchief, and a piece of brocade, Persian red, with [the name] Faraḥ written on it. And a siqlatun cloth for the pillars, and a small piece of fringed siqlatun for the haftarot, and a cover for the ark . . . And woven [meaning unclear] fabric for the ark in white and red siqlatun, and two rags of Maghrebī siqlatun, and prayer shawls for the priests, and a green curtain for the doorway. Two codices of Babylonian Targum and Bible, and a Babylonian Torah with Palestinian-Tiberian vowels, which was donated by Judah son of Moses. And a codex of the Torah, which is said to be in the handwriting of R. Se‘adya [Ga‘on], and at its end are a few pages in the handwriting of Ibn al-Aqta‘. And a codex of the Torah donated by Manṣūr ben Isr[ael] ha-Levi, and a codex of the Torah bound in three volumes with no vowels. And a fine codex of the Torah donated by Joseph al-Dhahabī’s daughter. And a bound codex [of the Bible] that was purchased from Abū Ṭāhir ibn al-Qiṭmānī. A codex of the eight books of the Prophets, donated by Ibn Ezra’s daughter, and part of the Prophets . . . [donated by] R. Samuel ben Avṭalyon, and par[t of the] eight books [of the Prophets] that was purchased from the estate of Ḥalfon ben Ibrahīm, and a bound codex of the Writings . . . written in a Maghrebī hand. And two parts in which are the four books of the Latter Prophets, translated, in an Iraqi hand . . . [donated by] Matsliaḥ ben Isaac. And a codex of the Writings, which was purchased from the estate of . . . And a codex of the Writings in an Iraqi hand and with Iraqi vowels, which was donated by the brother daughter of al-Shirajī. And three parts with the Torah, Prophets, and Writings, donated by R. Ephraim ha-Rofe‘ [“the physician”] ben Isaac—his rest be in Eden. And the Halakhot gedolot in five volumes, and the Mishnah in two different parts, and one composed of separate sections, for a total of twenty-five parts. Grillwork [lamps] with their chains. Four . . . , two or three of iron, and one of copper, with . . . on top. . . . And two small copper lamps, copper . . . , and three copper “scorpions” [hooks] for [hanging] vessels. . . . Two copper bowls and four small bowls . . . and thirty-eight open chandeliers and seventeen grillwork chandeliers. A chandelier with three rods and a star, and the chandelier is large. A large chain with a “scorpion,” with three chandeliers in its hooks, donated by Zara‘a—whose rest be in Eden. An iron triangle [tripod to hold a lamp] and a large copper circle—and it is not clear if it belongs to the Jerusalemites or the Iraqis. A pair of chairs—one large and one small. An ark for a Torah [scroll] . . . and one shofar, and one . . .

Source: CUL T-S 20.47.